Lawn-mower roller.



F. 3. GUY.

LAWN MOWER ROLLER.

APPLIGATION 11LED-00T-8, 1910.

992,499@ amazed may v16, 1911.

Sme/Mofo y UNITED STATES .FRANK J. GUY, orARoANUM, onto. z

' Lawn-ifioil/1n;e.` ROLLER.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. GUY, a

citizen of the United States, residing aty This invention relates to lawn mowers and,

has special reference to the roller mechanism located behind the cutters.

This invention has for its object to provide an improvement in the roller mechanism of lawn mowers. By employing two rollers the lawn mower will not bounce or jerk 1n running over uneven ground, and

will make a light and serviceable attachment..

Referring to the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a roller attachment or'lawn mowers constructed in accordance with this invention. F ig. 2 is a view of one of the rollers and its supporting frame. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of one ot the rollers, with one of its supports in vertical section on the line X-X o-Fig. 2. F ig. 'et is an enlarged detail view ot' a portion of a bracket arm on which the roller frame is mounted.

In carrying out the invention, in lieu of the ordinary roller used .tor lawn mowers, two rollers l are providedveach ot which is mounted in rectangular -frame 2. The rollers l are provided at eaclrend with a pintle 3, which pintle engages 4an eye formed in the head t oit a holt 4f which bolt passes through the traine S3 and is held in place by means ot a nut il threaded upon the upper end thereof.

Each oit the frames 2 is provided upon its outer end with an integral laterally extending lug 5 at one end thereof which is squared in cross section and is seated in a square ap- 7 erture o which aperture exten ds through the arm 6 from side' to side. rlhe aperture 5 is formed in the lower end ot' the arm 6 as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The arm 6 is also provided with a vertical slot Z through which extends a bolt 8 which also extends through a block 9 Jformed upon the outer, end yof the arm l0 projecting from the fra-ine ot the lawn mower adjacent to the driving roller l1. The erin 6 may be raised Specification of Letters Patent,1 Patented BIay 16, Application mea oetqbe s, 19'10. serial No. 585,046.

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and lowered from the arm 10 by means of 55 the bolt 8 which is secured in adjusted position in the slotted arm 6 by means of the nut 8', thereby adapting the adjacent roller l to he raised and lowered. The ,adjacent ends of the frame 2 are connected together 60V by means of a metallic rod l12 which rod is provided at each end with oppositely flared feet l2', which feet act as a brace'for holding the rectangular frames in their correct position and preventing any relative move- 651 ment. By means of the adjustable'connection of the outer ends of the rollers l, the cutters of the lawn mower which are located in the front of said rollers and mounted on -the frame connected with the arm 10 may 70 be raised and lowered and adjusted in position above the ground. It will also be oblv l vious that through the medium of this adjustable connection the rollers may also bey* necessary.

Having described the invention, I claim 7 1. An attachment for lawn mowers con-' sisting of a pair of frames, spaced apart trein each other longitudinally, a rolleri in each of said trames, a bar conneotingisaid frames at their adjacent ends, and means adjustably connecting said frames with the trame' of a lawn mower.Y

2. An attachment for lawn mowers con- 85. sisting ,of a pair of rectangular frames, spacechapart from each other, a rollerl in each of said frames, a longitudinal bar connecting Jche adjacent ends of said frames, a vertical arm on the outer end of each of said trames, and means for adj us'tably connecting said arm to the frame of a lawn mower 3. Alawn mower consisting of Aa pair of rectangular trames spaced apart from each other, a roller in each of said frames, a longitudinal bar connecting the adjacent ends of said frames, a vertical'slotted ari'n on the outerend or' each of said frames, and an arm on the lawn mower frame adjustably connected with said slotted arm. l

4.' An attachment for lawn mowers consisting of a pair of rectangular frames spaced apart from 'each other at their adjacent ends, a roller in each of said frames, a barconnecting the adjacent ends of said frames, each 105 oi3 said trames having a lugon its outer end, a'vertical slotted arm having a socket at its lower end engaging said lug'on the readily detached from the machine when 75 rectangular frame, and an arm of the frame frames for securing said frames to sai con- 1`0 of the lawn mower adjustably connected io necting rod, and means for connecting said each of said slotted arms. f fra-me to 'the main portion of a mower.

5.- A device' of the character olesci'iloedv In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my com risino a air of rectan lar-frames a si ature in resence of twoiwitnesses.

p e a P roller in' each of said. frames, connecting FRANK J. GUY. I arm provided with oppositely extending feet, Witnesses: bolts passing through said oppositely eX- J. F. HECK,

tending feet and through said rectangular MAME J. IvEsTER. 

